Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1992 Isuzu Amigo

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels1
100
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables1
000
Tires1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
101
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Module1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Dec 14, 200591,070 milesGA

THROTTLE CABLE STUCK ON MY 1992 ISUZU AMIGO. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS WHILE STARTING UP AND THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED I CALLED ISUZU AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SO I TOOK CAR TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED (PARTS 31.25 LABOR $82.50 = $113.75 TOTAL). I THEN FOUND THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 04V99000 ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1992 ISUZU TROOPER. OURS IS A 1992 ISUZU AMIGO. BY CHANCE, ARE THESE SPEED CONTROL CABLES SIMILAR? *JB

Service Brakes, HydraulicCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 10, 2005NC

(11-15-05) CONSUMER WANTS TO HAVE 1992 ISUZU AMIGO INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON HER FACE. *NM

Tires
Filed Jan 3, 2001IL

TIRE/WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY WITH NO WARNING-SHOP SAYS THE TIRE SUFFERED A TOTAL FAILURE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P225/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75R15 )

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Nov 18, 1997CA

EXHAUST MANIFOLD OVERHEATED AND CRACKED, BREAKING IN TWO. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Jan 28, 1997CA

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT WOULD SHUT DOWN FOR NO REASON, DID NOT TURN VEHICLE OFF AT TIMES, HAS HAPPENED 40-60 TIMES, DEALER CANNOT LOCATE OR FIX PROBLEM. VEHICLE ALSO SHAKES/RATTLES. *AK

WheelsCrash
Filed Aug 17, 1995IL

REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN/LOSE CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
20010100Routine
200010200Routine
199970402Fatalities reported
199878700Routine
19971000Routine
19945210Routine
19932000Routine
1992 — this page6000Routine
19915100Routine
19905100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.